diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b17ac198..5fb9a5b9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ workflows:
           name: 'test_go_<< matrix.go_version >>'
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              go_version: ['1.17']
+              go_version: ['1.20.5']
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codegen.yml b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
index 33c3183e..197fae69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.3
       - name: Generate and PR
         uses: algorand/generator/.github/actions/sdk-codegen/@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
index 640c8159..f97f3310 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
index afe5fb36..2f3845da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # required for new-from-rev option in .golangci.yml
       - name: Install specific golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4.0.1
         with:
-          go-version: '1.17.13'
+          go-version: '1.20.5'
       - name: Check format
         run: test -z `go fmt ./...`
       - name: Vet
         run: go vet ./...
       - name: reviewdog-golangci-lint
-        uses: reviewdog/action-golangci-lint@v2
+        uses: reviewdog/action-golangci-lint@v2.3.1
         with:
-          golangci_lint_version: "v1.47.3"
+          golangci_lint_version: "v1.53.2"
           golangci_lint_flags: "-c .golangci.yml --allow-parallel-runners"
-          go_version: "1.17.13"
+          go_version: "1.20.5"
           reporter: "github-pr-review"
           tool_name: "Lint Errors"
           level: "error"
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 30061ae5..a62927aa 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ run:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - deadcode
     - errcheck
     - exportloopref
     - gci
@@ -21,10 +20,8 @@ linters:
     - nolintlint
     - revive
     - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
     - typecheck
     - unused
-    - varcheck
 
 linters-settings:
   gci:
@@ -61,6 +58,8 @@ issues:
     - "exported method (.*).Unwrap` should have comment or be unexported"
     # ignore issues about the way we use _struct fields to define encoding settings
     - "`_struct` is unused"
+    # we are not enforcing package-comments at this point
+    - "^package-comments: should have a package comment"
 
     # Enable some golangci-lint default exception rules:
     # "EXC0001 errcheck: Almost all programs ignore errors on these functions and in most cases it's ok"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15ee842c..ad6b9b40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TEST_SOURCES := $(shell cd $(SRCPATH) && go list ./...)
 TEST_SOURCES_NO_CUCUMBER := $(shell cd $(SRCPATH) && go list ./... | grep -v test)
 UNIT_TAGS :=  "$(shell awk '{print $2}' test/unit.tags | paste -s -d, -)"
 INTEGRATIONS_TAGS := "$(shell awk '{print $2}' test/integration.tags | paste -s -d, -)"
-GO_IMAGE := golang:$(subst go,,$(shell go version | cut -d' ' -f 3 | cut -d'.' -f 1,2))-stretch
+GO_IMAGE := golang:$(subst go,,$(shell go version | cut -d' ' -f 3 | cut -d'.' -f 1,2))-bookworm
 
 lint:
 	golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 98f11d2a..37b32c8f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/v2
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/algorand/avm-abi v0.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e8b1fb2b..960ca0a0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ github.com/algorand/avm-abi v0.1.1/go.mod h1:+CgwM46dithy850bpTeHh9MC99zpn2Snirb
 github.com/algorand/go-codec/codec v1.1.10 h1:zmWYU1cp64jQVTOG8Tw8wa+k0VfwgXIPbnDfiVa+5QA=
 github.com/algorand/go-codec/codec v1.1.10/go.mod h1:YkEx5nmr/zuCeaDYOIhlDg92Lxju8tj2d2NrYqP7g7k=
 github.com/chrismcguire/gobberish v0.0.0-20150821175641-1d8adb509a0e h1:CHPYEbz71w8DqJ7DRIq+MXyCQsdibK08vdcQTY4ufas=
-github.com/chrismcguire/gobberish v0.0.0-20150821175641-1d8adb509a0e/go.mod h1:6Xhs0ZlsRjXLIiSMLKafbZxML/j30pg9Z1priLuha5s=
 github.com/cucumber/godog v0.8.1 h1:lVb+X41I4YDreE+ibZ50bdXmySxgRviYFgKY6Aw4XE8=
 github.com/cucumber/godog v0.8.1/go.mod h1:vSh3r/lM+psC1BPXvdkSEuNjmXfpVqrMGYAElF6hxnA=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/protocol/config/consensus.go b/protocol/config/consensus.go
index 80cc8652..209322d6 100644
--- a/protocol/config/consensus.go
+++ b/protocol/config/consensus.go
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ var MaxBytesKeyValueLen int
 var MaxExtraAppProgramLen int
 
 // MaxAvailableAppProgramLen is the largest supported app program size include the extra pages
-//supported supported by any of the consensus protocols. used for decoding purposes.
+// supported supported by any of the consensus protocols. used for decoding purposes.
 var MaxAvailableAppProgramLen int
 
 // MaxProposedExpiredOnlineAccounts is the maximum number of online accounts, which need
diff --git a/test/helpers.go b/test/helpers.go
index 6b465445..f362be89 100644
--- a/test/helpers.go
+++ b/test/helpers.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"container/ring"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func loadMockJsons(commaDelimitedFilenames, pathToJsons string) ([][]byte, error
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonfile)
+		fileBytes, err := io.ReadAll(jsonfile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ func expectErrorStringToContain(contains string) error {
 }
 
 func loadResource(filepath string) ([]byte, error) {
-	return ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join("features", "resources", filepath))
+	return os.ReadFile(path.Join("features", "resources", filepath))
 }
diff --git a/test/utilities.go b/test/utilities.go
index 8d9ffd89..fb68cc35 100644
--- a/test/utilities.go
+++ b/test/utilities.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func VerifyResponse(expectedFile string, actual string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonfile)
+	fileBytes, err := io.ReadAll(jsonfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/transaction/transaction.go b/transaction/transaction.go
index b79aa548..b7d40715 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction.go
+++ b/transaction/transaction.go
@@ -317,10 +317,11 @@ func MakeAssetCreateTxn(account string, note []byte, params types.SuggestedParam
 // MakeAssetConfigTxn creates a tx template for changing the
 // key configuration of an existing asset.
 // Important notes -
-// 	* Every asset config transaction is a fresh one. No parameters will be inherited from the current config.
-// 	* Once an address is set to to the empty string, IT CAN NEVER BE CHANGED AGAIN. For example, if you want to keep
-//    The current manager, you must specify its address again.
-//	Parameters -
+//   - Every asset config transaction is a fresh one. No parameters will be inherited from the current config.
+//   - Once an address is set to to the empty string, IT CAN NEVER BE CHANGED AGAIN. For example, if you want to keep
+//     The current manager, you must specify its address again.
+//     Parameters -
+//
 // - account is a checksummed, human-readable address that will send the transaction
 // - note is an arbitrary byte array
 // - params is typically received from algod, it defines common-to-all-txns arguments like fee and validity period
diff --git a/transaction/transactionSigner.go b/transaction/transactionSigner.go
index d23e79b7..16fbea1a 100644
--- a/transaction/transactionSigner.go
+++ b/transaction/transactionSigner.go
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import (
 // @param txnGroup - The atomic group containing transactions to be signed
 // @param indexesToSign - An array of indexes in the atomic transaction group that should be signed
 // @returns An array of encoded signed transactions. The length of the
-//   array will be the same as the length of indexesToSign, and each index i in the array
-//   corresponds to the signed transaction from txnGroup[indexesToSign[i]]
+//
+//	array will be the same as the length of indexesToSign, and each index i in the array
+//	corresponds to the signed transaction from txnGroup[indexesToSign[i]]
 type TransactionSigner interface { //nolint:revive // Ignore stuttering for backwards compatibility
 	SignTransactions(txGroup []types.Transaction, indexesToSign []int) ([][]byte, error)
 	Equals(other TransactionSigner) bool
diff --git a/transaction/waitForConfirmation.go b/transaction/waitForConfirmation.go
index 9725a6cc..af445a76 100644
--- a/transaction/waitForConfirmation.go
+++ b/transaction/waitForConfirmation.go
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ func WaitForConfirmation(c *algod.Client, txid string, waitRounds uint64, ctx co
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		// ignore errors from PendingTransactionInformation, since it may return 404 if the algod
-		// instance is behind a load balancer and the request goes to a different algod than the
-		// one we submitted the transaction to
-		err = nil
+		// Note that we intentionally ignore errors from PendingTransactionInformation, since it
+		// may return 404 if the algod instance is behind a load balancer and the request goes
+		// to a different algod than the one we submitted the transaction to
 
 		// Wait until the block for the `currentRound` is confirmed
 		response, err = c.StatusAfterBlock(currentRound).Do(ctx, headers...)
diff --git a/types/applications.go b/types/applications.go
index 984dc326..fb9a5a94 100644
--- a/types/applications.go
+++ b/types/applications.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const (
 
 // OnCompletion is an enum representing some layer 1 side effect that an
 // ApplicationCall transaction will have if it is included in a block.
+//
 //go:generate stringer -type=OnCompletion -output=application_string.go
 type OnCompletion uint64
 
diff --git a/types/block.go b/types/block.go
index e15cfc9f..2e2a1f6c 100644
--- a/types/block.go
+++ b/types/block.go
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ type EvalDelta struct {
 
 // StateDelta is a map from key/value store keys to ValueDeltas, indicating
 // what should happen for that key
+//
 //msgp:allocbound StateDelta config.MaxStateDeltaKeys
 type StateDelta map[string]ValueDelta
 
diff --git a/types/statedelta.go b/types/statedelta.go
index 22a1b45f..54c71fb5 100644
--- a/types/statedelta.go
+++ b/types/statedelta.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type TealValue struct {
 
 // TealKeyValue represents a key/value store for use in an application's
 // LocalState or GlobalState
+//
 //msgp:allocbound TealKeyValue EncodedMaxKeyValueEntries
 type TealKeyValue map[string]TealValue
 
diff --git a/types/stateproof.go b/types/stateproof.go
index 808ae1f5..c46ce40e 100644
--- a/types/stateproof.go
+++ b/types/stateproof.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // GenericDigest is a digest that implements CustomSizeDigest, and can be used as hash output.
+//
 //msgp:allocbound GenericDigest MaxHashDigestSize
 type GenericDigest []byte
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // HashFactory is responsible for generating new hashes accordingly to the type it stores.
+//
 //msgp:postunmarshalcheck HashFactory Validate
 type HashFactory struct {
 	_struct struct{} `codec:",omitempty,omitemptyarray"`
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ type Participant struct {
 }
 
 // MerkleSignature represents a Falcon signature in a compressed-form
+//
 //msgp:allocbound MerkleSignature FalconMaxSignatureSize
 type MerkleSignature []byte